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Blow-out holiday versus home improvement – we do the maths
Do you really want that new shed? Or should you save up for some sunshine? Chris Leadbeater crunches the numbers on eight scenarios
24 July 2021 • 5:00am
Do up the house or go on holiday? We help you decide.
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We have all been there at some point in the last 15 months. Trapped in the mundanity of another lockdown morning, labouring away in a room that is configured for sleeping or eating rather than conference calls and spreadsheets – and realising that the enforced familiarity of home-working is starting to develop into something approaching contempt.
Graham and BiKBBI join forces on elite installer scheme 10 May, 2021 SHARE Graham Plumbers’ Merchant has become a British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom & Bathroom Installation (BiKBBI) Standards Partner.
BiKBBI is a government sanctioned, not-for-profit registered organisation dedicated to improving standards within the industry. The new partnership increases the credibility of Graham’s Elite Installers and also provides its members with further opportunities to promote their businesses through BiKBBI’s own channels.
The Graham’s Elite Installer Scheme already allows plumber to enhance their existing service offering and to promote their business via their local Graham branch, as well as the Graham Bathroom Showroom website. Installers who sign up to the scheme also receive the backing of the company’s team of bathroom experts, have access to a range of supporting materials and
There is likely to be a shortfall in skilled kitchen, bedroom and bathroom installers in the next decade, new research has revealed.
This is due to an increase in demand for new fittings during the lockdown period, according to data from The British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom & Bathroom Installation.
Experts say the shortfall in skilled installers is likely to result in disappointed customers and hold the industry back from playing a full part in the UK s economic recovery.
There is likely to be a shortfall in installers in the kitchen, bedroom & bathroom industry
Many have turned to home improvements after spending an increased amount of time at home as well as a large number having more disposable income or refunds dished out from expensive cancelled holidays, while the stamp duty cut has resulted in a house buying frenzy.
‘Unprecedented demand’ for new kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms
Brits who are planning to revamp their properties are facing long delays due to an industry-wide labour shortage.
The pandemic lockdowns sparked an increase in home improvement projects but a combination of Brexit worker shortfall and demand has seen lead times for new kitchens, bathrooms or wardrobes “spiral” from a pre-Covid norm of four to eight weeks to 12-18 weeks, The Guardian reports.
There has been an “unprecedented demand for kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms, and home improvement in general”, said Damian Walters, chief executive of the British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom Installation (BiKBBI).